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Adrian Zai

U Mass Medical School
Verified email at umassmed.edu
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Patient navigation for comprehensive cancer screening in high-risk patients using a population-based health information technology system: a randomized clinical trial

S Percac-Lima, JM Ashburner, AH Zai… - JAMA internal …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Patient navigation (PN) to improve cancer screening in low-income and racial/ethnic
minority populations usually focuses on navigating for single cancers in community …

Linking electronic health record-extracted psychosocial data in real-time to risk of readmission for heart failure

…, A Cami, TA Stern, JC Kvedar, HC Chueh, AH Zai - Psychosomatics, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Knowledge of psychosocial characteristics that helps to identify patients at
increased risk for readmission for heart failure (HF) may facilitate timely and targeted care. …

Causes of short-term readmission after percutaneous coronary intervention

JH Wasfy, JB Strom, C O'Brien, AH Zai… - Circulation …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Rehospitalization within 30 days after an admission for percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) is common, costly, and a future target for Medicare penalties. Causes of …

Clinical preventability of 30‐day readmission after percutaneous coronary intervention

…, SW Waldo, C O'Brien, NJ Wimmer, AH Zai… - Journal of the …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Early readmission after PCI is an important contributor to healthcare expenditures
and a target for performance measurement. The extent to which 30‐day readmissions …

Can text messages improve attendance to primary care appointments in underserved populations?

…, DE Singer, PR Cronin, Y Chang, AH Zai - Journal of Health Care …, 2016 - muse.jhu.edu
We explored whether text message (TM) reminders could be used at a community health
center (CHC) to improve primary care appointment attendance in adult patients. Over six …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing hospital readmission risk factors in heart failure patients enrolled in a telemonitoring program

AH Zai, JG Ronquillo, R Nieves, HC Chueh… - International journal of …, 2013 - hindawi.com
The purpose of this study was to validate a previously developed heart failure readmission
predictive algorithm based on psychosocial factors, develop a new model based on patient-…

Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of an automated screening algorithm in an inpatient clinical trial

CC Beauharnais, ME Larkin, AH Zai… - Clinical …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Screening and recruitment for clinical trials can be costly and time-consuming.
Inpatient trials present additional challenges because enrollment is time sensitive based on …

[HTML][HTML] Building equity improvement into quality improvement: reducing socioeconomic disparities in colorectal cancer screening as part of population health …

…, JM Ashburner, Y Chang, AH Zai… - Journal of general …, 2015 - Springer
BACKGROUND Improving colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates for patients from
socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds is a recognized public health priority. OBJECTIVE …

Non-visit-based cancer screening using a novel population management system

SJ Atlas, AH Zai, JM Ashburner… - The Journal of the …, 2014 - Am Board Family Med
Background: Advances in information technology (IT) now permit population-based
preventive screening, but the best methods remain uncertain. We evaluated whether involving …

Lessons from implementing a combined workflow–informatics system for diabetes management

AH Zai, RW Grant, G Estey, WT Lester… - Journal of the …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Shortcomings surrounding the care of patients with diabetes have been attributed largely to
a fragmented, disorganized, and duplicative health care system that focuses more on acute …